Post by thread:[OT] VBX and outlook express

Hail!!! all mighty PIC list....Guardian of all knowledge..... This morning the TV reports of another Trojan horse (virus).... Resume:..(something) I remember a while back some one on the list, had said that we can disable VBX scripting in Outlook Express. This will solve the problem of worms and Trojan horse viruses attacking without warning. Am I wrong about this, or can some body offer a simple "turn this off" solution? Gordon Varney B.S.E.E. tel: 573-243-5186 Note: The information contained in this message may be privileged and confidential and protected from disclosure. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, or an employee or agent responsible for delivering this message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by replying to the message and deleting it from your computer. Thank you.

Hi Gordon, No, you're not wrong. Without VBS (no X <g>) installed, windoze has no way of running VB scripts. Here's a site with instructions on the removal; I've been tempted to write a program to do this, but.... Here's the site: http://www.f-secure.com/virus-info/u-vbs/ Regards, Tim Hamel In a message dated 5/30/00 7:28:59 AM Pacific Daylight Time, spam_OUTvarneyTakeThisOuTCLAS.NET writes: {Quote hidden}> Hail!!! all mighty PIC list....Guardian of all knowledge..... > > This morning the TV reports of another Trojan horse (virus).... > Resume:..(something) > > I remember a while back some one on the list, had said that we can disable > VBX scripting in Outlook Express. This will solve the problem of worms and > Trojan horse viruses attacking without warning. Am I wrong about this, or > can some body offer a simple "turn this off" solution? > > > Gordon Varney B.S.E.E. > tel: 573-243-5186 > >

Actually, I believe that the latest attack is the venerable Word macro, not a VB script. -- Rich Tim Hamel wrote: {Quote hidden}> > Hi Gordon, > > No, you're not wrong. Without VBS (no X <g>) installed, windoze has no way of > running VB scripts. Here's a site with instructions on the removal; I've been > tempted to write a program to do this, but.... > > Here's the site: > http://www.f-secure.com/virus-info/u-vbs/ > > Regards, > > Tim Hamel > > In a message dated 5/30/00 7:28:59 AM Pacific Daylight Time, .....varneyKILLspam@spam@CLAS.NET > writes: > > > Hail!!! all mighty PIC list....Guardian of all knowledge..... > > > > This morning the TV reports of another Trojan horse (virus).... > > Resume:..(something) > > > > I remember a while back some one on the list, had said that we can disable > > VBX scripting in Outlook Express. This will solve the problem of worms and > > Trojan horse viruses attacking without warning. Am I wrong about this, or > > can some body offer a simple "turn this off" solution? > > > > > > Gordon Varney B.S.E.E. > > tel: 573-243-5186 > > > >

<x-flowed>>No, you're not wrong. Without VBS (no X <g>) installed, windoze has no way of >running VB scripts. Here's a site with instructions on the removal; I've been >tempted to write a program to do this, but.... > >Here's the site: >http://www.f-secure.com/virus-info/u-vbs/ > >Regards, > >Tim Hamel > > The following URL also shows how to disable WSH windows scripting host http://www.sophos.com/support/faqs/wsh.html I am unclear as to whether WSH is part of VB, they say that it is installed by default with IE5. What exactly is the difference/relationship between WSH and VBS? Ray Gardiner rayKILLspamdsp.com.au </x-flowed>

Hi, WSH is the big boy in all the script running. VBS is merely a host of VB scripts while WSH does all the processing. The layers sort of look like: Code --> VBS --> WSH I wonder if there's REALLY a need for VB scripting? Regards, Tim Hamel In a message dated 5/30/00 1:39:39 PM Pacific Daylight Time, .....rayKILLspam.....DSP.COM.AU writes: > The following URL also shows how to disable WSH windows scripting host > http://www.sophos.com/support/faqs/wsh.html I am unclear as to whether > WSH is part of VB, they say that it is installed by default with IE5. > > What exactly is the difference/relationship between WSH and VBS? > > Ray Gardiner EraseMErayspam_OUTTakeThisOuTdsp.com.au >

I just renamed wscript.exe, that should work !! Bye Javier ----- Original Message ----- From: Tim Hamel <TekPhobiaspam_OUTAOL.COM> To: <@spam@PICLISTKILLspamMITVMA.MIT.EDU> Sent: Tuesday, May 30, 2000 9:33 AM Subject: Re: [OT] VBX and outlook express > Hi Gordon, > > No, you're not wrong. Without VBS (no X <g>) installed, windoze has no way of > running VB scripts. Here's a site with instructions on the removal; I've been {Quote hidden}> tempted to write a program to do this, but.... > > Here's the site: > http://www.f-secure.com/virus-info/u-vbs/ > > Regards, > > Tim Hamel > > > In a message dated 5/30/00 7:28:59 AM Pacific Daylight Time, KILLspamvarneyKILLspamCLAS.NET > writes: > > > Hail!!! all mighty PIC list....Guardian of all knowledge..... > > > > This morning the TV reports of another Trojan horse (virus).... > > Resume:..(something) > > > > I remember a while back some one on the list, had said that we can disable > > VBX scripting in Outlook Express. This will solve the problem of worms and > > Trojan horse viruses attacking without warning. Am I wrong about this, or > > can some body offer a simple "turn this off" solution? > > > > > > Gordon Varney B.S.E.E. > > tel: 573-243-5186 > > > >

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